Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall
Born(1938-05-19)19 May 1938
Battersea, London, England
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Film and television actor

Bryan Marshall (19 May 1938 – 25 June 2019) was a British actor, with a number of major credits in film and television to his name, in both in Britain and Australia.[1]

Early life

Marshall was born in Battersea, south London.[2] He was educated at the Salesian College, Battersea, and trained as an actor at RADA, graduating in 1963,[3] before appearing at the Bristol Old Vic and in repertory theatre and in the 1986 first national tour of The Sound of Music as Captain von Trapp.

Film

Marshall's best-remembered film role is that of Councillor Harris in The Long Good Friday (1980). His other film credits include Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966), Alfie (1966), The Witches (1966), The Viking Queen (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1967),[4] Mosquito Squadron (1969), I Start Counting (1970), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Because of the Cats (1973), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). [5] His later film career included roles in Australian productions such as BMX Bandits (1983), Bliss (1985), The Man from Snowy River II (1988), The Punisher (1989) with Dolph Lundgren, Country Life (1994) and Selkie (2000).

Television

Marshall had several leading roles on television, notably Dobbin in the 1967 production of Vanity Fair, Gilbert Markham in the 1968 serial of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wentworth in the 1971 adaptation of Persuasion. Other television credits include: Spindoe, Warship, United!, The Forsyte Saga, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Saint, The Avengers,[6] Rooms (1975), The Onedin Line, Out, The Professionals, Return of the Saint, Buccaneer, The Chinese Detective, Robin of Sherwood, Heartbeat, The Bill and Dalziel and Pascoe.

He also worked extensively in Australia,[7] with credits including Prisoner,[nb 1] Special Squad, Golden Pennies, Neighbours, Embassy, Home and Away, Stingers, Water Rats and All Saints.

In 1989, Marshall was the original host of Australia's Most Wanted,[8] an Australian version of the show America's Most Wanted which was focused on helping the police with unsolved crimes.

Death

Marshall died on 25 June 2019, at the age of 81.[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1964 House of Glass Private Oliver TV movie
1966 Rasputin the Mad Monk Vasily (uncredited) Feature film
Alfie Perce (uncredited) Feature film
The Witches Tom Feature film
1967 The Viking Queen Dominic (uncredited) Feature film
Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth) Captain Potter Feature film
1969 Mosquito Squadron Squadron Leader Neale RAF Feature film
1970 I Start Counting George Feature film
1971 Man in the Wilderness Potts Feature film
1973 Because of the Cats Inspector van der Valk Feature film
1974 Twelfth Night Orsino TV movie
The Tamarind Seed George MacLeod Feature film
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Commander Talbot Feature film
1980 The Long Good Friday Councillor George Harris Feature film
1981 4D Special Agents Ray Feature film
1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor George Page TV movie
East Lynne Orway Bechel TV movie
1983 BMX Bandits The Boss Feature film
1984 The Great Gold Swindle Detective Sergeant Hancock TV movie
1985 Bliss Adrian Clunes Feature film
Hot Target Clive Webber, husband Feature film
1988 The Man from Snowy River II Hawker Feature film
Vernon Forrest Short film
1989 The Punisher Dino Moretti Feature film
1990 The Phantom Horseman Tremayne (voice) TV movie
1994 Country Life Mr. Pettinger Feature film
1994 Cody: A Family Affair Roche TV movie
1996 Chicken Dwight Serrento Feature film
1997 Hard Edge Boss Feature film
2000 Selkie Malcolm Feature film
2000 Ihaka: Blunt Instrument McGrail TV movie
2002 Into the Night Marcus Short film
2007 Boys Briefs 4 (aka Courts mais GAY: Tome 13) Marcus Anthology film, segment: "Into the Night"

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1963–1968 The Saint Moreno / Constable Burns TV series, 2 episodes
1964 Teletale Guido TV series, 1 episode
1964 No Hiding Place Stewart TV series, 1 episode
1964 Gideon's Way Braithwaite TV series, 1 episode
1964 R3 Chris Marks TV series, 1 episode
1964 Redcap Private Jedd TV series, 1 episode
1964–1965 Dr. Finlay's Casebook Ian Hamilton / Jock Barton TV series, 2 episodes
1964–1968 Z-Cars Alf Spicer / Bank Clerk TV series, 2 episodes
1965–1966 United! Jack Birkett TV series, 51 episodes
1967 This Man Craig Roddy Mackay TV series, 1 episode
1967 The Forsyte Saga Harold Blade TV series, 3 episodes
1967 Sanctuary Sandy TV series, 1 episode
1967 Sat'day While Sunday Jack Marshall TV series, 2 episodes
1967 The Informer Briggs TV series, 1 episode
1967 Vanity Fair Captain Dobbin TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1968 Spindoe Detective Sergeant Peach TV series, 6 episodes
1968 Softly, Softly Jeff Simpson TV series, 1 episode
1968 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Gilbert Markham TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1969 The Avengers Audrey Phillipson TV series, episode: "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?"
1969 Strange Report Inspector Purcell TV series, 1 episode
1969–1972 ITV Playhouse Bill / Mark Segal TV series, 2 episodes
1970 Villette Dr John Graham Bretton TV series, 5 episodes
1970 Special Branch Sullivan TV series, 1 episode
1970 A Family at War Stashek TV series, 1 episode
1971 Persuasion Captain Frederick Wentworth TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1971 The Onedin Line Michael Adams TV series, 1 episode
1972 New Scotland Yard PC Derek Tyrell TV series, 1 episode
1972 The Frighteners Adrian Wills TV series, 1 episode
1972 Villains Arnold Hepton TV series, 2 episodes
1972 Play for Today Bill Huntley / Manuel Stocker TV series, 2 episodes
1972 Dixon of Dock Green Geoffrey Davies TV series, 1 episode
1973 Country Matters Tom Richards TV series, 1 episode
1973 Menace Mangham TV series, 1 episode
1973 Thriller Dr Brice Nelson TV series, 1 episode
1973 My Good Woman Colin Padget TV series, 1 episode
1973 BBC Play of the Month Mr Worthy TV series, 1 episode
1974 Hunters Walk Billy Silk TV series, 1 episode
1974 Softly Softly: Task Force Ronald TV series, 1 episode
1974 Late Night Theatre The Fisherman TV series, 1 episode
1975 2nd House John Henry 'Babbacombe' Lee TV series, 1 episode
1975 The Fight Against Slavery William Knibbe TV miniseries, 1 episode
1975 Sam and the River Alan Flint TV series, 1 episode
1975 Churchill's People James Ings TV series, 1 episode
1976 Warship Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, AFC TV series, season 3, 1 episode
1974–1976 Rooms Clive Lawson TV series, 32 episodes
1977 Piccadilly Circus Stocker TV series, 1 episode
1977 The Sunday Drama Dave Gale TV series, 1 episode
1977 Crown Court Harold Phillips / Reverend Howard Davies TV series, 6 episodes
1978 Horizon Smeaton TV series, 1 episode
1978 Out Hallam TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1978 The Professionals Preston TV series, season 2, episode: “Hunter/Hunted
1978 Return of the Saint O'Hara TV series, 1 episode
1978 Premiere Mal Leyton TV series, 1 episode
1979 The Mourning Brooch Ray Campion TV series, 3 episodes
1979 The Boy Merlin Iefan TV series, 3 episodes
1979 Murder at the Wedding William Appleyard TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980 Airport Chaplain Jim Halliday TV series, 1 episode
1980 Armchair Thriller Paul Marriott TV series, 4 episodes
1979-1980 Buccaneer Tony Blair TV series, 15 episodes
1982 Dick Turpin Barnaby Husk TV series, 2 episodes
1982 The Chinese Detective George Bourne TV series, 1 episode
1983 Tales of the Unexpected Frank Jesmond TV series, 1 episode
1983 A Country Practice Piet Kooning TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Prisoner Dr Jonathon Edmonds TV series, 8 episodes
1985 Possession Oliver Hearst TV series, 6 episodes
1985 The Fast Lane Kingdom TV series, 1 episode
1985 Golden Pennies Luke Greenwood TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1985 Special Squad Calvin TV series, episode 18: "The Chen Legacy"
1986 Robin of Sherwood Adam Bell TV series, 1 episode
1987 Neighbours Gerard Singer TV series, 3 episodes
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1987 Pulaski Billy Gems TV series, 1 episode
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Colonel TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 True Believers Richard Casey TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1988 Act of Betrayal Kennedy TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 The Flying Doctors Hawkins TV series, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible Gregor Antonio TV series, 1 episode
1989 Australia's Most Wanted Presenter TV series, 35 episodes
1989–1992 Tanamera – Lion of Singapore Chalfont TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1990 Come in Spinner Byron TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1990 Rafferty's Rules Brian Doyle TV series, 1 episode
1990–1991 Embassy Ambassador Duncan Stewart TV series, 25 episodes
1993 Time Trax Randall Quinn TV series, 1 episode
1995 Blue Murder Task Force Officer TV miniseries, 1 episode
1996 Water Rats Inspector Michael Farrell TV series, 4 episodes
1097 Big Sky Harry TV series, 1 episode
1997 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Bryce the Warden TV series, 1 episode
1997 Thief Takers DSI Don Roberts TV series, 2 episodes
1997 Halifax f.p. John Halifax, Jane's Father TV series, 1 episode
1998 Heartbeat Josh Roberts TV series, 1 episode
1998; 2003 Home and Away Trevor Bardwell / John Simpson TV series, 3 episodes
1999 The Knock Frankie Johnson TV series, season 4, 3 episodes
1999 The Bill Max Weir TV series, 1 episode
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Terry Brakespeare TV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
2002–2004 All Saints Gerald Partridge / Miles Gordon TV series
2004 Stingers Kepter Vanderbijl TV series
2012 A Moody Christmas Cora's Uncle TV miniseries, 1 episode

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1963 The Golden Rivet Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 The Rivals Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 The Physicists Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964 Semi-Detached Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1964 The Golden Rivet Malcolm Phoenix Theatre, London with Linnit and Dunfee Ltd and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
1974–1975 Paradise Lost The Old Vic, London
1976 Liza of Lambeth Jim Blakeston Shaftesbury Theatre, London
1978–1979 Love for Love Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1980 Lancelot and Guinevere Lancelot The Old Vic, London
1980–1981 Aladdin Bristol Hippodrome
1981 Betrayal Jerry Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Theatre Royal, Brighton & other locations
1981 The Gentle Trap Theatre Royal, Newcastle[11]
1982 Season’s Greetings Neville Greenwich Theatre, London and Apollo Theatre, London with Michael Codron
1983 Born Yesterday Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with J. C. Williamson
1986 The Sound of Music Captain von Trapp Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, New Theatre, Oxford, Grand Opera House, Belfast & other locations
1991 Australia Felix Michael Gavan Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1991 Run for Your Wife Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Theatre of Comedy
1992 It's Ralph Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
2001 Men of Honour Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

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Notes

  1. ^ Known in his native UK (and the United States) as Prisoner: Cell Block H; not to be confused with the 1967 UK series, The Prisoner.

References

  1. ^ Noble, Peter, ed. (1982). 1982–1983 Screen International Film And TV Year Book. London: King Publications.
  2. ^ [1] Bryan Marshall - Films, TV and people, BFI.]
  3. ^ Course Name: Acting (RADA Diploma). Year of Graduation: 1963. RADA student & graduate profiles.
  4. ^ 'Quatermass and the Pit (BFI Film Classics)’ by Kim Newman (BFI, 2014) p. 111 (Credits). ISBN 9781844577910.]
  5. ^ Bryan Marshall filmography at Fandango
  6. ^ Avengers episode "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" (1969).
  7. ^ 'Hanging around in the hood: the legacy of The Long Good Friday'. 20.o2.2000. The Guardian|Film.
  8. ^ Australia's Most Wanted. tv.com.
  9. ^ "Neighbours star dead at 81". news.com.au. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  10. ^ Hayward, Anthony (4 July 2019). "Bryan Marshall obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  11. ^ https://www.mediastorehouse.com.au/memory-lane-prints/mirror/0400to0499-00481/jill-gascoigne-bryan-marshall-who-appearing-21665625.html?srsltid=AfmBOophe6ksLVBerJrS6cehZYx5RdA3iTWfynzNGQTMJFkyBdyWoAS2
  12. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/229166
  13. ^ https://theatricalia.com/person/ym5/bryan-marshall